Ken Bentsen Jr.

Kenneth Bentsen Jr. is an American lobbyist and former politician from Texas, serving four terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. He is the nephew of former senator and secretary of the treasury, Lloyd Bentsen. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Ken Bentsen Jr. has 300 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1995 House Proceeding as a Democratic Representative for Texas's 25th district. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 1999 with an average of 1,433 views per program. Most appearances with Dick Gephardt (6), David E. Bonior (3), Sheila Jackson Lee (3). Most common tags: Congress, Democratic Party.

Appearances by Title:c. January 1, 2015 - Present President and CEO, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association


Videos: 2 Executive Vice President, Public Policy and Advocacy, Investment Bankers Association of America


Videos: 1

Previously

U.S. Representative, D-TX 25th January 3, 1995 - January 3, 2003 Videos: 297

Recent Appearances

  • Hearing on Regulating Capital Markets

    Hearing on Regulating Capital Markets

    A House Financial Services subcommittee held a public hearing to examine the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) overs…

  • Retirement Savings Protections

    Retirement Savings Protections

    Jeffrey Zients spoke about the Department of Labor’s proposed new rules to protect workers' retirement savings. The rules wou…

  • Debt Ceiling and Default

    Debt Ceiling and Default

    Witnesses testified on the impact of a default on financial stability and economic growth in the U.S. In their remarks the ou…

  • Future of Home Mortgage Finance

    Future of Home Mortgage Finance

    Witnesses spoke about replacing government-backed mortgage holding companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with private companie…

  • House Session

    House Session

  • House Session

    House Session

    Representatives debated HR 333 Bankruptcy Reform bill and H Res 609 Unemployment and Welfare Benefits Extension.

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Former Ideology Rankings
Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

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